“Unseen Belief”

 John 20:29

Then Jesus told him, “You believe because you have seen Me. 

Blessed are those who haven’t seen Me and believe anyway.”  (NLT)

     The perfect world does not yet exist, and for the time being we must live in a fallen world that is dominated by the unseen powers of evil.  Because of our fallen state most people only believe what they can see, disregarding the things they cannot and deeming the unseen realm as myth or foolishness.  Probably the best example of this is the fact that we are living amidst a very real and a very dangerous spiritual battle for our hearts, souls, and minds, but most people could care less.  Many people just live for the moment and simply ignore the spiritual battle of good and evil.  I often wonder how many times the words “I’ll have to see it to believe it” have been spoken throughout the ages.  I believe there are  even many Christians today who also struggle with the reality of the unseen world, wishing that Jesus would just show Himself and that would remove the doubt.

     But I also believe there are many desperate people that are like I was, so lost and so hopeless and have so given up on life that they reach out in blind faith to grab hold of anything, visible or invisible that would offer them some hope, unsure of the only invisible Hope they have.  And for many this is their last chance—the final option, for all other options have come and gone—all having the same disappointing, unfulfilling, failed results.  Because everything from this fallen world is infected with sin and death, it can only offer us more of the same.  The world with all its resources will never be able to fulfill the deepest desires of our hearts, because God designed us that way.  My dear friend, until our Lord God and Savior physically returns in His glorified body you must believe in His Word and trust that He is working behind the scenes and directing the spiritual realm in your favor and that one day soon you will be able to see and touch and hear our Glorious God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

                                                  A Whisper of Hope  

Believe, My child…For I Am the only Hope you have in this world of hopelessness.  One day your earthly life will end, but until that time you must trust in the path that I have paved for you; a righteous path that requires steadfast faith in Me, your Savior, and know that I am with you always!

Ephesians 6:12

For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood,

but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world,

against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world,

and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms.  (NLT)

                                What is faith?  

        It is evidence of things we cannot yet see.

                            (Hebrews 11:1)